The Interior Workings of Myra L. Katz & Associates: office interiors

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Help Offered for Tornado Victims Extended to Joplin Area

Due to the slow process of cleaning up and rebuilding, Myra L. Katz & Associates, Inc. is extending its offer to businesses damaged or destroyed by the St. Louis and Joplin tornadoes and are challenging other businesses to follow suit.

We are providing you with an opportunity to put your best foot forward while rebuilding. A $500 credit will be applied towards the cost of interior design services, helping to jump start your business. Let us assist you with the selection of interior finishes, furniture, upholstery and artwork. We realize that this will not make-up for the devastation and losses you've suffered, but we would like to help you make the best of a bad situation. It could finally be your opportunity to tie your business interior to your brand. Whether corporate, financial, healthcare, senior living, hospitality or retail, we have the experience and capabilities to create an interior that will improve your bottom line.

If this offer pertains to someone you know who will benefit from our services, please pass this information along.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

How Entrepreneurs Can Get The Most Out Of A Co-Working Space

By Deborah Sweeney, MYCORPORATION, August 4, 2011

Watch this space- it could become your next coworking commune. And it’s being built exactly with that purpose in mind.

A couple months ago, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece on creating the perfect office. The perfect office was less focused on perfection and more on how to open up a space to inspire an imaginative environment that increased productivity at the workplace. Four design firms were challenged to create this kind of environment, preferably for the midlevel executive. Sort of like the Project Runway for the corporate world. True to form, the designers made it work- finding that certain elements of the office were kicked to the curb (filing cabinets, plaques on walls, gigantic desks) and others were reintroduced and heavily used to create a modern and engaging atmosphere (glass walls that slide open and shut, wireless technology capabilities, virtual fishbowls).

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About Us

Myra L. Katz & Associates Inc., founded in 1981, is a full service commercial interior design firm that provides space planning, design and eco-friendly solutions, addressing function, productivity, and image concerns. With a proven track record for having a positive impact on the bottom lines of businesses, projects over the years have ventured throughout the Midwest. Although we focus on corporate, financial, healthcare and senior living projects, our knowledge and years of experience can be applied to any type of project successfully.

Aging-In-Place Home Solutions, our new residential division, provides us with an outlet to apply the knowledge and experience gained from designing healthcare and senior living facilities to modify residences of those with dementia-related illnesses and other disabilities, as well as seniors who want to plan ahead. These changes create a safe and supportive environment, allowing them to remain independent in their own home for as long as possible. Our solutions range from simple safety devices and finish changes to the addition of a first floor master suite. For now, our territory is the central corridor of St. Louis County.